Biography
Yoshishige Yoshida (吉田 喜重 Yoshida Yoshishige; 16 February 1933 - 8 December 2022), also known as Kijū Yoshida, was a Japanese film director and screenwriter. Graduating from Tokyo University, Yoshida entered the Shōchiku studio in 1955 and debuted as a director in 1960 with Rokudenashi. He was a central member of what came to be called the "Shōchiku Nouvelle Vague" along with Nagisa Oshima and Masahiro Shinoda, and his works have been studied under the larger rubric of the Japanese New Wave. Like many of his New Wave cohorts, he felt restricted under the studio system and left Shōchiku in 1964 to start his own production company where he directed such films as Eros + Massacre. He has directed more than 20 films between 1960 and 2004. He has also written a number of philosophical books about his work and the cinema, including an award-winning study of Yasujirō Ozu.
Directed 27
2000s
- 2004
Welcome to São Paulo
Director
- 2003
Women in the Mirror
Director
1990s
- 1997
知の解放 知の冒険 知の祝祭 東京大学 学問の過去・現在・未来
Director
- 1995
Lumière & Company
Director
Dreams of Tokyo, Dreams of Cinema
Director
- 1994
The Cinema of Ozu According to Kiju Yoshida
Director
1980s
- 1988
- 1986
A Human Promise
Director
1970s
- 1977
The Story of Big 1: Sadaharu Oh
Director
- 1974
Beauty of Beauty
Director
- 1973
Coup d'Etat
Director
- 1971
Confessions Among Actresses
Director
- 1970
Heroic Purgatory
Director
1960s
- 1969
Eros + Massacre
Director
- 1968
Farewell to the Summer Light
Director
Affair in the Snow
Director
- 1967
Impasse
Director
The Affair
Director
- 1966
Woman of the Lake
Director
- 1965
A Story Written with Water
Director
- 1964
Escape from Japan
Director
- 1963
- 1962
- 1961
Bitter End of a Sweet Night
Director
- 1960
Wrote 19
2000s
- 2003
Women in the Mirror
Screenplay
1990s
- 1995
Dreams of Tokyo, Dreams of Cinema
Writer
- 1994
The Cinema of Ozu According to Kiju Yoshida
Writer
1980s
- 1988
- 1986
A Human Promise
Screenplay
1970s
- 1971
Confessions Among Actresses
Screenplay
1960s
- 1969
Eros + Massacre
Writer
- 1968
Farewell to the Summer Light
Writer
Affair in the Snow
Screenplay
- 1967
Impasse
Writer
The Affair
Screenplay
- 1966
Woman of the Lake
Writer
- 1965
A Story Written with Water
Screenplay
- 1964
Escape from Japan
Screenplay
- 1963
- 1962
- 1961
Bitter End of a Sweet Night
Screenplay
- 1960
Produced 5
2000s
- 2003
Women in the Mirror
Producer
1970s
- 1973
Coup d'Etat
Producer
- 1971
Confessions Among Actresses
Producer
- 1970
Heroic Purgatory
Producer
1960s
- 1969
Eros + Massacre
Executive Producer
Edited 2
2000s
- 2003
Women in the Mirror
Editor
1990s
- 1995
Dreams of Tokyo, Dreams of Cinema
Editor
Acted in 1
1970s
- 1978
Cinématon
N°789
Created 1
1970s
- 1974
Beauty of Beauty
Creator
Appearances6
2020s
- 2022
Wuthering Heights: Love, Hate and Vengeance
Self
2000s
- 2008
Kijû Yoshida: What Is a Filmmaker?
Self
Yoshida …or: The Explosion of the Story
Self
1990s
- 1995
Dreams of Tokyo, Dreams of Cinema
Narrator (voice)
- 1994
The Cinema of Ozu According to Kiju Yoshida
Self
1970s
- 1974
Beauty of Beauty
Himself/Narrator · 21 episodes